Goodbye Cadbury
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It already is in Poland. Cadbury owns three largest chocolate/sweets factories and has rights to most of the old choc. product brand names in Poland.
'Said' means very little when it comes to business.
I'm sure most businesses have been bought over with under the table assurances that have never been met.
I think history in British industry would support me on this.
It can be over the table legally as part of the agreement. This is done to avoid asset stripping. Whether it occurred in this case I don't know.
I know it can, it rarely is though.
Job losses rarely mean keeping existing real estate or exanding.
But wait and see I suppose, but everything else before indicated the writing on the wall to me.. which is a shame. But a re-occuring theme in this country.
I thought cadbury chocolate was banned in some european countries as it is not considered chocolate as per traditional methods, in fact it's is utter tripe as far as chocolatiers are concerned therefore bye bye cadbury and good riddance
I think European countries tried to get it banned but failed (not 100% certain here). The reason was because Cadbury's use vegetable fats and the Europeans insist it has to be made with animal fat.
Well, it's not that huge considering the value of the assets being bought. Gearing of the entire consolidated group shouldn't be too bad, no idea what the interest cover will be.
A friend of mine from work told me that Cadburys own Bournville (the village in Birmingham where Cadburys 1st started up) and you cant buy a house there, only a lease from Cadburys. So what will happen to that now?
Also, because the Cadburys were a quaker family, there are no pubs or off-licenses in Bournville. I wonder if the sale to Kraft will make any difference.
Also, because the Cadburys were a quaker family, there are no pubs or off-licenses in Bournville. I wonder if the sale to Kraft will make any difference.
If the recipe for Milk & Nut changes even the slightest bit I'm boycotting them until it is changed back.
It's annoying, but it's happened, I'll only be bothered if any of the recipe's change, what is happening with the jobs though, I keep hearing Kraft want to cut costs but the Gov is backing Cadbury Staff's jobs.
It's annoying, but it's happened, I'll only be bothered if any of the recipe's change, what is happening with the jobs though, I keep hearing Kraft want to cut costs but the Gov is backing Cadbury Staff's jobs.
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american chocolate tastes like saw dust
its not even sweet lol
its not even sweet lol
Blame the Government for giving up their right to block any such takeovers that they believed was not in the national interest.
- Robert preston, BBC News. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/robertpeston/
Shame, I always found Bournville to be a fascinating place to deliver to, I bet its days are numbered.
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Perhaps,if or when (and I hope not) Ginsters in Cornwall for example, gets taken over and production moved overseas, hitting jobs in your community, you may have an idea?
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are they buying cadburys to help pay off their debts ? , why borrow money to buy out a firm when they already have hugh debts ?
I am amazed that after such 'passionate' public statements from Cadbury over the last few months about resisting takeover, they now roll over and sell out for a good deal.
So much for the deal-breaker of protecting Cadbury and it's ethos - turns out the price just wasn't high enough.
So much for the deal-breaker of protecting Cadbury and it's ethos - turns out the price just wasn't high enough.
Whats the Difference between UK Cadbury and Australian Cadbury? Much at all
Did you come down before or after they shrunk the blocks down by around 40 grams yet still kept the price the same/higher down here?
Yeah I think Cadbury in Aus & Nz use a different recipe, i'm in NZ right now and it's a similar taste but not as nice imo
There was uproar down here when they started substituting cocoa butter for palm oil
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2758975/Cadbury-stops-using-palm-oil-in-chocolate
The only difference is that Cadbury Australia uses cocoa butter while Cadbury UK uses vegetable fat. Ironically, it is this difference which disqualifies UK Cadbury chocolate from the EU definition of "chocolate", while Australian Cadbury chocolate meets EU standards.
You mean "substituting cocoa butter with palm oil" or "swapping cocoa butter for palm oil."